Turkey

Saudi-UAE Tensions

How Saudi Arabia plans to reshape the Middle East

The Saudi pushback against domination by Israel and the UAE is a major strategic move, academic tells MEE
Turkey Politics
Turkish TV network accused of stoking social tensions with pork dinner scene
Religion
Saudi Arabia starts Ramadan on Wednesday, but many others to begin a day later
Turkey Politics
Ocalan announces first phase of PKK dissolution is complete
Arms Trade
Saudi Arabia-Turkey Kaan jet talks irk a Trump administration bent on arms export dominance
Israel's genocide in Gaza
EU leaders condemn Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ at Munich conference
Ramadan
Ramadan moon sighting 2026: Will the UAE break with Saudi Arabia on start of holy month?
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Trump will announce 'multi-billion' Gaza reconstruction and stabilisation force on 19 February: Report
Somalia
Red Sea crisis: What do Israel and the UAE want from Somaliland?
Occupation
Israel's attorney general backs 'de facto West Bank annexation' measures, report says
Syria Camps
Turkey weighs repatriation of 2,000 IS suspects for trial at home
Islamic State
Protests ensue, protesters killed in Turkey
Islamic State
Gulf states could expand anti-IS combat role, experts
Islamic State
Islamic State held off in Kobane but makes inroads in Anbar
Syria War
Turkey allows use of airbases for military strikes against IS
Islamic State
Turkey denies allowing US to use bases for anti-IS strikes
Turkey Politics
Turkish president slams modern day 'Lawrences of Arabia'
Islamic State
14 dead in Turkey as Kobane brings pro-Kurdish protesters to streets
Islamic State
Kurds burst into EU parliament to protest Islamic State
Islamic State
US urges Turkey to play bigger role in anti-IS fight
Turkey Politics
Cyprus suspends peace talks over Turkish oil and gas drilling plans
Islamic State
As tense fighting continues in Kobane, Turkey unrest spirals
Islamic State
Air strikes push Islamic State back from Kobane